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| Full name | Ruel Marlon Ricardo Brathwaite | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 6 September 1985 Bridgetown, Saint Michael, Barbados | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2007 | Marylebone Cricket Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009 | Cambridge University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2012 | Durham (squad no. 8) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010 | Combined Campuses and Colleges | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013 | Hampshire (squad no. 12) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ruel Marlon Ricardo Brathwaite (born 6 September 1985) is a Barbadian former cricketer. Brathwaite played county cricket for Durham and Hampshire,in addition to playing first-class cricket at varsity level.
Brathwaite was born in Bridgetown,Barbados in September 1985. He was educated there at Queen's College, [1] before leaving for England when he was 17 to attend Dulwich College on a cricket scholarship. [2] At Dulwich,he was coached by former cricketer Bill Athey. [3] Matriculating to Loughborough University,he obtained a degree in civil engineering. [1] There,he made his debut in first-class cricket for Loughborough UCCE against Essex at Chelmsford in 2006,with Brathwaite playing a further first-class match that season against Hampshire. In the same season,he also played for a combined British Universities team against the touring Sri Lankans. [4]
The following season,he played two first-class matches for the Marylebone Cricket Club against the touring West Indians,and later against a touring Sri Lanka A team. [4] During the West Indies 2007 tour of England,Braithwaite was called up to the West Indians squad to play in a List A one-day match against the England Lions. [5] [6] Having made a further first-class appearance for Loughborough in 2007 against Worcestershire,Brathwaite made his final first-class appearance for Loughborough in 2008,against Surrey. [4] His five matches for Loughborough yielded him 7 wickets at an expensive average of 67.85, [7] whilst with the bat he scored 129 runs at a batting average of 32.25,and a high score of 76 not out. [8]
From Lougborough,Brathwaite advanced to Queens' College at the University of Cambridge to study for his master's in Engineering for Sustainable Development. [9] There,he made three first-class appearances for Cambridge MCCU in 2009,in addition to playing for Cambridge University against Oxford University in the 2009 University Match at Lord's, [4] in which he claimed his maiden five wicket haul with 5 for 54. [9] His participation in this match earned him his blue. [9]
After completing his master's at Cambridge,Brathwaite was invited to trial with Durham for the latter half of the 2010 season,following a recommendation from Paul Collingwood,who had spotted him bowling to the England team in the nets at The Oval. [10] Having made his debut in the 2010 County Championship against Somerset at Chester-le-Street, [4] he was subsequently signed on a two-year contract. [9] He returned to the Caribbean following the 2010 season,where he played a Twenty20 match for the Combined Campuses and Colleges against Guyana in the 2010 Caribbean Twenty20, [11] taking one wicket,that of Christopher Barnwell for the cost of 33 runs from three overs. [12] Returning to England for the 2011 season,he made six appearances in the County Championship and a single one-day appearance in the Clydesdale Bank 40 against Scotland. [4] [6] In 2012,he made three further first-class appearances for Durham,against Durham MCCU,Somerset and Australia A. [4] Having found opportunities to establish himself at Durham limited,he left the county toward the end of the 2013 season, [13] having taken 39 first-class wickets at an average of 23.35. [7]
Toward the end of the 2013 season,he was signed Hampshire, [14] with Brathwaite making three appearances in the 2013 County Championship against Northamptonshire,Leicestershire,and Essex. [4] The following season,he made a single one-day appearance against a touring Sri Lanka A team, [6] and was released at the end of that season alongside wicket-keeper Michael Bates. [15]